Sonlight Garden

December randomness

The dreaded stomach virus entered our home. Joseph and Julia have it so far. I am just waiting for the rest of us. Funny thing about stomach viruses, you just know it is going to run through the house. And there is nothing you can do about it. 

I took a long Sunday afternoon nap with John Paul and woke up to a blanket of snow. It really is just beautiful. Last night Terry and I shoveled the driveway together in the dark and then took the dog for a walk. This snow looks as if it is flecked with glitter and it is powdery. Not good snowball making snow. The quiet of a night time snow fall is incomparable. It is so still and peaceful. There is no sound except for the falling snow which is so soft. I was telling Terry I hadn't heard this quiet since I was a child. It brought back so many memories of playing in the snow as a child. It was a nice little date :0)

Our tree is up and decorated. The stockings are hung. It is just so cozy in this room. You just want to sit and knit or read or play games. 

There is no other place I would rather be. Well, I could do without the stomach virus. ;0)

 

I Am Back-kind of

 Well we are back from vacation. We have been back since last Wednesday. I am still trying to settle us all back in. Since it is Monday morning I was going to do a "Simple Woman's Daybook" entry, but there is nothing simple going on around here. I still have not unpacked. The suitcases are still in the hallway. I have a ton of laundry. Upstairs in the learning loft and the kids bedrooms... well you don't want to know. My awesome SIL who is a special ed teacher is not working in the classroom anymore, (she just finished her masters and is going into administration. We are so proud of her.) Anyway, she saved her classroom for us. I am talking books, blocks of various kinds, animals, puppets, teacher aides, learning center folders, the list goes on and on. (Thank goodness for a fifteen passenger van to haul it all back in) However it is all out of its neatly organized plastic bins and all over upstairs. Not good. I feel as if the house is falling down around me!

 On a brighter note we had an incredible time in Virginia and DC. We saw and did so much.  I have loads of wonderful pictures that I need to download and want to post. But that will have to wait. So with that I am signing off. I am praying for the motivation and energy to get it all done.

May you have a productive Monday!